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COLLAR.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Aug. 3, 190a.

a u aubn-fiie'an m 2c, 1909. Serial No. 492,382.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HO ARD S. KENNEDY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Collars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the construction of collars, and particularly to turn over collars, which are made with an inner band and downwardly turned top attached to the band; the objects of my invention are to rovide a collar which is easier to button an'd unbutton than the ordinary commercial article but whichpwhen buttoned, will remain seresent the same appearance as collars of t e usual construction.

Collars of the turn over type are )rovided' with flaps at the front thereof, whic are in tegral with the band, and the flap at one side is curved and of considerable length, so as to underlap the top on the 0 posite side when lie neck band of a shirt. This underlapping flap serves to lock the two ends of the collar and hold them In order that the said underlapping flap may properly perform h its functions, it is made to fit closely, and consequently is hard to button and to unbutton, especially when newly laundried. The strains put on'the buttonhole in the collar are severe, and often cause the collar to break at the buttonhole, thus destroying its ap car'ance and fit; for, if the buttonhole is en arged, torn or distorted, thefit at the front of the collar seriously impaired. Moreover, in order that such collars may be drawn closely at thethroat, the buttonholes are so spaced that when the shank of the front stud lies in the other ends of the two buttonholes, the ends of the top of the collar shall meet. This means that the collar has to be drawn-extra tight in the act of buttoning and unbu'ttoning, which subjects the buttonholeto severe strain. B my improvements herein described, a co lar is rovided which may easily be buttoned ant unbuttoned, be snugly and securely fastened while in lace, and ,wear much longer at the button holes than the collars now manufactured.

In the drawings hereto annexed, which illustrate my invention,Figure 1 represents having an opening it in the lower edge'of the band, closely contiguous vertical sides,and an eye H at the upper end. A similar open ended buttonhole may be worked in the opposite flap, but I prefer to use there the ordinary closed buttonhole, as at S. The rear buttonhole is shown at M.

In buttonin'g the collar, after the rear buttonhole has been slipped over the rear stud of a shirt band, the inner flap is buttoned to'the front stud V' in the usual manner, then the underlapping flap F is slipped under the collar top T, and when the head of the stud C registers with the eye H of the open ended vertical buttonhole H, the flap F is pressed against the stud, and, if need be, the lower outer corner of the flap F where the open slit appears may be lifted outward, when the stud C slips easily into the eye H.- In unbuttoning the collar, the reverse operation is as easily gone thro gh.

The vertical disposition of the buttonhole whether or not it be provided with an enlarged eye, assists in securing proper fit of the collar, as there is no lateral slippage possible over the shank of the stud 0. Moreover, the vertical buttonhole H is placed on the collar in such positionand relation to the ends of the turned-over collar top, that when the front stud is in the eye or upper part of the open buttonhole H, the two upper corners of the collar top meet, as indicated iii'Fig; 2. The hole or slot H being vertical, the ends of thecollar do not have to be drawn any closer than is needful to make the upper corners of the collar top meet, in this manner, and thus no undue strain is applied either inbuttoning' or unbuttoning; the position for buttoning is proper position of the but-- the same as the toned collar. The bearing of the upper eye,

of the flap F against the inside-of the top, un-' der the band, holds the collar securely against accidental unbuttoning. No injuriby the acts of lower edgeof the band, having closely ooii= '1') and the collar tiguous vertical sides.

Signed by me at Troy, New York, this 22d day of April, 1909. v i HOWARD S. KENNEDY.

Witnesses: THOS. C. STONE,

ous strain is put on the collar buttoning and unbuttoning, will wear as long at the buttonholes as anywhere else. 7 I

5 What I claim anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is: l

"In a collar, :1 band, an attached turn-over top, the band rovided with an underlappin'g flap at one en and a. buttonhole open at the J. SEYMOUR TONER. 

